Timber Company in Cambodia Continues to Collect Wood from Protected Forest Areas.
A timber company in Cambodia is ignoring environmental protection laws by transporting felled trees by night from protected forests in the country, activists said on Monday.RFA, 20 May 2019
Cambodia, Timber, Cambodia
Negative margins show why Nigeria must protect palm oil makers
It is bad times for palm oil makers as poor border policing hits the margins and prospects of industry players.Business Day, 20 May 2019
Nigeria, Malaysia, Palm Oil, Palm oil
Minister launches 2019 Oil Palm Plantation Project
Mr Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, on Monday launched the 2019 Oil Palm Plantation Project with over one million seedlings, nursed by the Richie Plantation Limited, ready to be distributed to farmers.Ghana News Agency , 20 May 2019
Ghana, Palm Oil, africa
Paraguayan indigenous community goes digital to protect ancestral lands
Rumilda Fernández’s indigenous community has long tended its ancestral lands in Paraguay, marking boundaries with an ancient system of names for trees and streams. Now, squeezed by deforestation and farming, the community is going digital to defend itself.Reuters, 20 May 2019
Paraguay, Timber, deforestation
Company files report over illegal logging in Kelawit
A timber company has lodged a police report alleging illegal logging has taken place in Kelawit, Tatau.The Borneo Post , 19 May 2019
Malaysia, Timber, Malaysia
Flawed timber scheme hits Indonesian forests
Some 422 containers of illegal timber has been seized this year, most of it from Papua and the Malukus; the cases show that the certification scheme for exports to the EU isn’t working.Asia Times , 19 May 2019
Indonesia, Timber, EU Timber Regulation
Helena Huang’s case: all you need to know
Helena Huang's case continues to make news headlines every other day, since she was first arrested ferrying prohibited forest products - Rosewood. Miss Helena, a Chinese national with a lot of influence in the North side of Ghana was released on bail, after Mr Mohammed Bondirigbum, bailed her out.Yen reports, 19 May 2019
Ghana, Timber, illegal timber trade
Indonesia to issue first license certifying legal timber entering Europe
FAO today welcomed an agreement by Indonesia and the European Union (EU) to issue the world’s first Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) timber license as a major achievement in the fight against illegal logging.Global Diaspora , 18 May 2019
Indonesia, Europe, Timber, indonesia
Illegal loggers of rare tree switch to trading at night
Illegal dealers in Afzelia Africana logs commonly known as afzelia or beyo in northern Uganda, have switched to conducting the trade in the night, Daily Monitor has learnt. Mr James Leku, the Adjumani District chairman, said the increased logging is due to failure by Uganda Revenue Authority to play its role in the ban.Daily Monitor , 18 May 2019
Uganda, Timber, illegal timber trade
Illegal tree felling at Michoacán’s Monarch Butterfly Reserve to plant avocado trees
Staff of the Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection (Profepa), in coordination with agents of the Federal Police Gendarmerie (Environmental Division), closed an estate located in the municipality of Ocampo, in the Mexican state of Michoacan, for making the change of land use in forest territory without having the authorization issued by the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat).The Yucatan Times , 18 May 2019
Mexico, Timber, Mexico
Malaysia is Committed to the Palm Oil and Eco-friendly Biofuel Industry
Minister of International Trade and Industry reaffirms Malaysia’s role in ensuring that palm oil remains a sustainable and eco-friendly fuel replacement.SME Magazine , 18 May 2019
Malaysia, Palm Oil, Malaysia
Timber legality system for small enterprises in Indonesia
Rufi'i, Director of Processing and Marketing of Forest Products at the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), has reported that the government’s new timber legality certification programme for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) will provide the same legal umbrella for MSMEs as currently provided by SVLK certification for large companies.Panels Furniture Asia , 17 May 2019
Indonesia, Timber, SVLK, legal timber, Timber, indonesia, Asia Pacific
Vietnamese jailed, fined for timber theft, encroachment
The sessions court yesterday sentenced a Vietnamese man to three years in jail and RM13,000 fine or another 16 months for illegal logging and encroaching into the Lentang Forest Reserve in Bentong near here, last March.The Sun Daily , 17 May 2019
Viet Nam, Timber, Illegal logging
Indonesian government actively blocking efforts to reform palm oil industry
Ministers in the Government of President Joko Widodo are blocking efforts to reform the palm oil industry. Last week, the Indonesian Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs ordered palm oil companies not to share information regarding the palm concessions they own.Ekklesia reports, 17 May 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, indonesia
Solomon Islanders imprisoned for trying to stop the logging of their forests
A group of residents of Nende Island in the Solomon Islands claim corrupt government practices allowed a logging company to get a license to log the island’s primary forests, as well as cropland. Activists also allege the company, Malaysia-based Xiang Lin SI Ltd, logged outside of its concession area.Mongabay, 17 May 2019
Solomon Islands, Timber, illegal timber trade
Malaysia jails Vietnamese man for illegal logging, reserve encroachment
Vietnamese man has got three years in jail and $3,100 in fines for illegal logging and forest reserve encroachment in Malaysia.VN Express , 17 May 2019
Malaysia, Viet Nam, Timber, Illegal logging
The struggle for land security in Liberia is just beginning
This year's Goldman Environmental Prize winner says the battle for land rights in Liberia is just getting underway.Thomson Reuters Foundation , 17 May 2019
Liberia, Palm Oil, Palm oil
A new election brings little hope for Solomon Islands’ vanishing forests
Longstanding allegations of corruption plague forest governance in the Solomon Islands, with residents and NGOs claiming government officials are allowing logging to illegally penetrate primary forests on community and ancestral land.Mongabay, 17 May 2019
Solomon Islands, Timber, Illegal logging
Brazilian indigenous peoples propose boycott
Coalition of indigenous groups calls for boycott of companies that invade and exploit protected Brazilian lands.Ecologist, 16 May 2019
Brazil, Beef, Brazil
Penang water authority urges Kedah to ban logging in Ulu Muda forest to protect water supply
The Kedah government must protect the rainforest in the greater Ulu Muda Forest Complex by banning all logging works there, the Penang Water Supply Corporation (PBAPP) said today.The Malay Mail , 16 May 2019
Malaysia, Timber, Illegal logging
Study examines forest loss in Mekong region
Dramatic forest degradation and loss in the Greater Mekong region have both their causes and potential solutions rooted in forest governance, according to a recent publication by researchers from the Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC), the University of British Columbia, and WWF.Asia Times , 16 May 2019
Asia, Timber, Illegal logging
Liberia: Solidaridad Launches West African Oil Palm Program
Solidaridad West Africa has launched a 3,821, 619 euros Sustainable West Africa Oil Palm Program (SWAPP) in Liberia as part of promoting sustainable oil palm and improving food security in Liberia., 16 May 2019
Liberia, Palm Oil, Front Page Africa
Malaysia asks for UK's help in palm oil row with EU
The EU is endangering around 35,000 British jobs and £150m in exports by ploughing ahead with a ban on palm oil, Malaysia has warned.Telegraph, 16 May 2019
Malaysia, Europe, Palm Oil, EU
In Indonesia, a flawed certification scheme lets illegal loggers raze away
The seizure of more than 400 containers of illegally logged timber in a series of busts since last December has shone a spotlight on Indonesia’s mechanism for certifying legal timber.Mongabay, 16 May 2019
Indonesia, Timber, Illegal logging
Palm oil exports increase in Q1: Gapki
According to the Indonesian Palm Oil Producers Association (Gapki), the country’s palm oil exports increased in the first quarter of 2019, despite an alleged smear campaign against the commodity led by the European Union and a global economic slowdown.The Jakarta Post , 16 May 2019
Europe, Palm Oil, EU